Job Description

EO Products is a company with one mission and two brands: to create healthy personal care products that nurture the people who use them, respect the people who make them, and honor the planet we all share. We work hard to ensure our values come to life in each bottle of EO® and Everyone for Every Body® products.

We have been family owned, operated, and independent since 1995. We call Northern California home and manufacture our essential oil-based products in-house at our certified organic factory and HQ. You can find us at Whole Foods, Sprouts, Target, Walmart, Amazon, and many other retailers throughout the US and in 11 other countries.

We’re a certified B Corp, meaning we are a for-profit business that operates like a nonprofit. B Lab recognizes EO Products as a company that prioritizes people, planet, purpose, and profit — in that order.

We are a diverse and passionate team of free-thinking, soap-loving individuals.

DEMAND PLANNING MANAGER:

The Demand Planning Manager will partner with Finance, Marketing, Operations and Sales to develop an accurate demand forecast for existing SKU’s. Responsible for integrating data from Finance, Marketing and Sales into timely forecasts to support Operations, Sales and Financial planning. Provides smoothing of forecast assumptions across functional teams, including seasonal trends, promotional activities, new product launch volumes, additional points of distribution and changes to major customer planograms.

As a key member of the cross-functional S&OP team, this role is responsible for understanding and supporting Manufacturing, Marketing and Financial processes in order to align with the forecasting process to ensure performance to plan. This person provides guidance and oversight of SKU-level forecasting to align with business plans and market trend data. They will integrate the demand forecast plans into the Supply Chain by working closely with the Planning and Procurement teams. They support the Supply Chain team by identifying key changes to plan and their associated impacts to the supply chain. The Demand Planning Manager identifies and actively monitors KPI’s and performs diagnostics to ensure forecast improvement and operational execution efforts. They will prepares written analyses, documentation, reports or other data to summarize performance of all related processes and subsequent results.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Develop accurate forecasts for brand, SKU and account levels, while reducing inventory/working capital, and minimizing forecast variability.
Facilitate consensus meeting with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Distribution and Supply Chain teams to ensure that business objectives are achieved.
Analyze historical sales data and future Marketing, Sales and NPL plans while working cross-functionally to achieve continuous improvement in the accuracy of the demand forecasts.
Develop and maintain a 12-month operational forecast by SKU.
Ensure that appropriate forecasting processes and methods are being followed and updated as needed.
Maintain forecast system data integrity by performing ad hoc analyses in support of contingency & scenario planning.
Work closely with the Supply Chain group to ensure integration of the S&OP process results into the functional product supply plan.
Review active Supply Chain agreements, contracts and schedules to identify potential weaknesses or data blind spots.
Team with Inventory Control, Finance, Product and Supply Chain groups to facilitate ramp down of discontinued items and ramp in of new product launches.
Gather and incorporate all sources of market intelligence to produce the best possible operational forecast.
Work collaboratively with cross-functional team members from Finance, Marketing & Sales to drive risk and opportunity assessment, SKU rationalization and business analytics.
Create what-if and if-then scenarios related to new points of distribution, product launch velocities and product end of life cycles.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

Bachelors degree in closely related field
10+ years of experience in a combination of CPG, manufacturing, supply chain, forecasting
5+ years of experience with S&OP processes
Use of quantitative methods to analyze situations and solve business problems
Software Skills: Advanced ERP system, experience with a forecast modeling tool preferred, intermediate to advanced ability with Excel or Sheets
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Advanced interpersonal skills and ability to interact with people at all levels
Extensive knowledge of supply chain operations, consumer marketing, retail environments, distribution and manufacturing and P&L
Ability to lead groups and foster a data-driven performance culture
Business acumen and sound judgment essential. Position has a significant impact on the operating results of the company
Must be able to make sense out of complexity, deal with uncertainty and understand the implications of a decision on all impacted parts of related business units

We offer a fun, casual place to work & grow, vacation, medical, dental, matching 401k, profit sharing bonus and employee discounts. Our company culture values responsibility, collaboration, integrity and passion.

Valid through: 4/22/2021